Alina Laura Popa
Key Skills & Achievements
Computer experience : - Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Office,), Microsoft Windows; Microsoft Outlook;
Data Entry programs : Basis (OE , RS), Fox Pro;
Flagship, Vantis;
bookkeeping programs : Sage, Light , Ciel (DOS and
Windows), Sigef , Free Compta Pro , Pioneer,
other programs : Galileo Professional;
internet running;
customer service skills;
good world geography knowledge;
good communications skills;
excellent writing and numeric skills;
quick learner;
very responsible and organized;
able to adapt myself to anything new;
able to work on my own, without supervision;
capable to work under pressure;
represented Romania at The Destinations &Travel Show, Earls Court, Olympia, Febr 2007.
Employment & Voluntary Work :
Sept 2007 – Sept 2008 – back office – Hythe Securities Ltd, Stock Brokers, London
Responsibilities : - setting up new client accounts;
organising payments run by cheques;
keeping a record of the supplier invoices for the whole month and inputing them into the system;
keeping a record of the payments we had to make to the suppliers ;
using internet banking, making payments to the suppliers or clients and internal transfers in receipt of funds from the clients,by BACs or CHAPs
bank reconciliation for different bank accounts for the end of month spreadsheets;
clients/suppliers reconciliation for accuracy records;
dealing with the suppliers over the phone/email if any problems arise with regards to our payments and invoices;
transaction statements for clients, calculating commissions and faxing/emailing the statements to the clients;
updating client’s files and client’s database;
P&L calculations for different trading platforms ie CMC, ADM, ABC;
- end of month accounting – spreadsheets and statements with regards to suppliers invoices, monthly expenses, P&L for the end of month, trading P&L for brokers and commissions;
downloading reports from Flagship into Excel;
distribute post;
arrange meetings and booking the two boardrooms
greeting clients.
Jan 2007 – present – interpreter and tutor Romanian – English, working with Conversation Piece and Newham Council;
business advisor – responsibilities : * advising people about the self-employment status and the new CIS regulations;
assisting with the self-assessment and tax calculation;
Dec 2006 – present – sales representative for Transylvania-Live, promoting holidays in Romania, self-employed
Nov 2006 – booking administrator – temporary for Queens Ice&Bowl.
Responsibilities : contacting the new or existing clients by email / phone, offering discounted packages for Christmas parties,
checking the availability on the ten-pin ball schedule, depending on the date and time preferred by client,
making bookings for ten-pin ball or skating over the phone / email , * taking payments from clients through the POS;
Oct 2005 – Oct 2006 – waitress and counter assistant, Watling Snack Bar, London;
Sept 2004 – Feb 2005 – Data Operator in Financial Department of Coca-Cola Company HBC Romania (drinks wholesale company), temporary position;
Responsibilities :
setting up new clients accounts,
processing the order from the sales agent’s book as a pre-invoice
(around 150 orders per day),
organizing payments run by cheques,
closing the daily driver’s situation depending on mileage, clients
visited and deliveries,
checking the stock in the end of each day to be compatible with
the clients needs for the next day,
assisting with the end of month;
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 – bookkeeper,voluntary- SC Euroserv SRL, Romania.
Qualifications & Training :
Jan 2008 – joined the ACCA members as a student, passed the F1,F2,F3 papers already;
Sept 2006 - Certificate of Virgin Atlantic Airways / GMTC Fares &Ticketing Training level 1, T&T Training Solutions, London, UK (exam passed with 97%) – one week training;
Oct 2006 - Certificate of Virgin Atlantic Airways / GMTC , Advanced Fares & Ticketing Training, level 2 , T&T Training Solutions, London, UK (exam passed with 98%) – one week training;
Nov 2006 - Certificate of Galileo Professional, T&T Training Solutions, London, UK (exam passed with 98%) – one week training;
2000 – 2004 - University of Economic Sciences , specialty “Accountancy and Management Informatics”, Romania, BSc Economics. Relevant modules :
Accountancy Basics, Financial Accountancy, Management Accountancy, Accountancy &Finance Audit, Thorough Accountancy, Compared Accounting Systems
Political Economics
Business Communication
Management
Marketing
Currency and Credits
1999 – graduator of computer based accountancy course (on the Free Compta Pro bookkeeping program);
1993 – 1998 –Primary Teacher Training College , type pedagogical and teachers, Romania, GCSE Advanced;
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